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Terminology

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Source Summary

1st Wave: Feminism from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s which tended to focus on women’s suffrage. Racism was a significant issue and genderqueer individuals were oftentimes shut out of the movement. 2nd Wave: Feminism from around 1960 – 1980. This wave of feminism was focused on Women’s Lib. To the dismay of intersectional 2nd Wave feminists, privilege-blind optics became a problem within 2nd wave feminist discourse. At this time, Janice Raymond’s Transsexual Empire: The Making of the She-Male gained favor. 3rd Wave: Feminism from around 1980 – 2010. Focused on addressing exclusionary practices of previous feminist waves. Sandy Stone, a transwoman and victim of Janice Raymond’s harassment, publishes The Empire Strikes Back and is well received. 4th Wave: (AKA Intersectional Feminist) Feminism from around 2010 – current. Focused on inclusivity (explicitly trans inclusive) and embraces significant (especially online) discourse. Websites like Autostraddle (4th wave lesbian culture) and Feministing (4th

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Why this article may matter

Community significance

“Terminology” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to feminism and gender politics, while also engaging transgender identity and history. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.

Historical significance

As a publication record from 2013 at The TERFs, “Terminology” provides dated evidence of how feminism and gender politics was being argued in relation to transgender identity and history. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.

Policy significance

“Terminology” discusses institutions, law, or governance in connection with feminism and gender politics. Even without a dominant policy classification, the article may help researchers identify practical consequences for transgender identity and history.

Content analysis

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Feminism and gender politicsTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict
100%
2
Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
51%
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Media, rhetoric, and discourseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication
33%
4
Race and intersectionalityTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict
30%
5
Culture, identity, and representationTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
29%
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Violence, safety, and dehumanizationTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict
11%

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Granular comparative context

How “Feminism and gender politics” appears across the Collective corpus

This article was published during the theme’s highest-presence year in the registered corpus (2013).

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2 2006

16 2007

2 2008

3 2009

2 2010

7 2011

9 2012

94 2013

44 2014

21 2015

21 2016

43 2017

7 2018

3 2019

3 2020

3 2021

1 2024

1 2025

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Article authors

Author profiles and related researchers

Cristan Williams

143 publications · 714 inbound sources/citations

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Cristan Williams

319 publications · 3,580 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 8 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Healthcare and medicine.